Docker Desktop comes to Linux, adds extensions SDK

Docker is extending its well-liked Docker Desktop application to integrate with a wider selection of developer equipment, as nicely as supplying indigenous aid for builders doing the job on Linux workstations.

Introduced today in the course of DockerCon, Docker Extensions is launching with 14 companion integrations: Ambassador, Anchore, AquaSec, EverX, JFrog, Layer5.io, Okteto, Portainer, Crimson Hat, Snyk, SUSE/Rancher, Tailscale, Uffizzi, and VMware.

Those people launch partners can be grouped into 3 principal buckets: simplifying Kubernetes deployment (VMware Tanzu, Okteto, Portainer, Crimson Hat, Rancher), secure program offer chain (Anchore, AqueSec, JFrog, Snyk), and supporting hybrid development environments (Ambassador, Tailscale, Layer5, Uffizzi).

The broader Docker neighborhood will also be equipped to push a larger selection of extensions in the long term using the new Docker Extensions SDK.

“The substantial, complex cloud-indigenous tools landscape offers a problem for builders, who require the suitable resource for the proper position, appropriate now,” explained Docker CEO Scott Johnston. “Docker Extensions allows developers to rapidly find out and begin making use of the applications they want for their applications and not waste time searching, downloading, configuring, analyzing, and managing resources.”

Docker Desktop will also now be obtainable on Linux workstations, with an equivalent working experience to the macOS and Windows apps, allowing for company builders to move earlier the tyranny of what Johnston phone calls “it is effective on my machine” finger pointing.

Linux support has been the most asked for attribute between the Docker neighborhood for the earlier 12 months, according to Johnston, and the company’s modern round of funding has enabled them to push it ahead on the roadmap. Docker Desktop for Linux includes Docker Compose, the Docker CLI, and Kubernetes.

Given that offering its organization enterprise to Mirantis in 2019, Docker has been pushing forward with a approach of concentrating on serving builders creating containerized apps, primarily by the Docker Build functionality, the Docker Motor container runtime, the Hub image repository, and the Docker Desktop application.